On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 5:29:56 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-12-08 9:52 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 12/8/2019 6:11 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> >> It is hard for some of us old farts toÂ* accept the reliance on cell
> >> phones. I have a smart phone and I enjoy it. I don't spend much time
> >> talking on it. I use it to check email and text messages. When I am
> >> with real time people it stays in my pocket.Â* Yesterday my wife and I
> >> were at the corner coffee shop and happened to notice that two of four
> >> people had come in talking on their cell phones and continued to do so
> >> until they were waited on.Â* There have been times that I have been in
> >> line at
> >> places and the person being waited on was slowing things down because
> >> he/she was talking on their phones.
> >
> > Seems like some people talk all day long.Â* There are a couple of people
> > I talk to on a regular basis, maybe once a week or so. I call them from
> > home when I have the time to make our conversation the center of
> > attention.Â* No distractions.Â* I texted one person today and asked when
> > is a good time to call tomorrow. We can talk about a variety of things
> > with no interruptions to pay for a coffee, etc.Â* If I do get the odd
> > call here and there, it is quick and to the point.
>
> I just got off the phone with my nephew. He and my son seem to have
> inherited by mother's penchant for long phone calls. I normally don't
> spend much time on the phone. I think I spent more time on the phone
> today than I have for the previous six months total. My friend called
> mid afternoon and we chatted for about a half hour. Then I got a got my
> an old friend on the west coast. She is my pseudo sister, older sister
> of my life long friend who died two years ago. My nephew called tonight
> and I think he set an all time record for me..... an hour and forty
> eight minutes.

I remember being at my grandma's house and talking a long time on the phone with my future wife. That was the talk of my aunties. Who's that girl? Hopefully I wasn't too long on the phone - that would have been pretty rude. These days, I don't talk much on the phone and good riddance to all that. Learning the art of ending a phone conversation in a rapid manner should be taught in skool. OTOH, the modern kid has no need for that because they don't talk, they text.